Unscramble HANDSOMES to get 289 words. HANDSOMES itself is a real word: 15 points on a Scrabble board, 16 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter word is HANDSOME, 14 points. It has 9 letters, 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from HANDSOMES split into 1 with 9 letters, 2 with 8, 13 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 33 with 2.
Of the 60 6-letter words you get when you unscramble HANDSOMES, 6 score 12 points, the group's best. SEASON, SHADES and DAEMON are the ones most people know.
HAMED and HOMED are the top 5-letter words from HANDSOMES, 11 points each. HOMES, HANDS and NAMED will look familiar.
Of the 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble HANDSOMES, 15 score 9 points, the group's best. HOME, MADE and HAND are the ones most people know.
Among 60 3-letter words from HANDSOMES, the top score is 8, reached by 6. HAS, HAD and MAN are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of HANDSOMES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with HA · ending in ES · all 9-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; SMASHED (13 points) takes the top spot.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
HANDSOMES is a Scrabble word (Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| HANDSOMES itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 289) | 241 | 289 | 207 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: HANDSOMES, HODMAN, HODMEN, HOSEMAN, HAMED, HAMOSE, MANEHS, SNASHED, DONAHS, DOSEHS, MANEH, MODENAS and 36 more, 48 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: EMDASH, MOSHED, MOSHES, DOSHAS, DOSHES, ENDASH, HOMAS, MENSH, SHMOE, DOSHA, HOMA, HOMS and 22 more, 34 in all.
These 3 words take every letter of HANDSOMES plus a single extra one.